Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 114, Zhang Family

At the gate of a huge mansion in the county seat of Changli County, a four-wheeled carriage slowly parked.

Zhao Erhu and Zhang Hu got out of the car first, and then the door curtain was lifted, and Liu Jin also came out.

At this time, Liu Jin was wearing a coat and a square scarf on his head. He was dressed like a son of a wealthy family. In addition to his good skin, he looked very handsome and elegant, and his appearance was quite good.

Liu Jin got out of the carriage, and carefully looked at the huge mansion gate in front of him. The gate was very large, and the threshold was also very high. At the knees of people, huge copper nails were neatly arranged. There were two square lions at the gate. Mendun, people can tell at a glance that this is a scholarly heirloom family.

There is a huge plaque in front of the gate, with the words "Zhang's Mansion" written on it, and a pair of couplets are pasted on the huge gateposts on both sides.

"It's a bit like a family motto, a scholarly heir to the family~"

Liu Jin looked at it with interest. The ancient big families still paid great attention to these things, especially some big families that can go through thousands of years have very strict family traditions and family precepts.

The Zhang family in front of me is one of the best big families in Changli County. There are many children and talented people in the family. It is said that some people even become officials and become third-rank officials. They are the most influential family in Changli County.

There are people in the court who are officials, so this family is naturally very prosperous. The family power not only spreads all over Changli County, but even has great influence in Yongping Prefecture.

In Changli County, it is definitely a local snake. Thirty percent of the land in Changli County belongs to the Zhang family. If you want to do anything here, you must greet the Zhang family.

The Zhang family's dominance in Changli County is not only due to the large number of children of their own family and the emergence of capable people, but more importantly, the Zhang family is very good at combining vertically and horizontally. Very large network of relationships.

The Zhang family has always been very willing to invest in young talents emerging from Yongping Mansion or Changli County. Liu Jin's reputation is now spreading in the capital, and slowly spreading back to Changli County.

Naturally, it also entered the Zhang family's field of vision. Before Liu Jin came back, the Zhang family had already asked someone to express such meaning to Liu Jin's mother.

Although Liu Jin is not interested in this, he still has to pay a special visit to the Zhang family after the Chinese New Year. business fortune.

If he offends the Zhang family, if the other party wants to punish him at that time, even if he may not be able to do anything to him, trouble will definitely be inevitable.

Liu Jin's arrival has already attracted the attention of the two servants at the gate of Zhang's mansion, and Zhao Erhu has also handed over Liu Jin's greeting card early.

Soon, Liu Jin didn't wait too long, the door of the Zhang Mansion opened wide, and a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian shirt and a square scarf walked out with a smile.

The appearance of this middle-aged man is also very elegant, revealing a faint aura of a literati, which is completely different from Tang Huhu's aura of getting rich.

"It turned out to be Mr. Liu's visit. I was far away from welcoming you. Please forgive me~"

This person is called Zhang Qi, and he is the head of this generation of the Zhang family. He was also a scholar before, but he failed to pass the exam after being a scholar. The housework of the family has become the head of the Zhang family.

"Meet Mr. Zhang~"

Liu Jin smiled and bowed slightly and replied, it seems that although this family is one of the best in Changli County, it doesn't seem to have the arrogance of a big family and is so polite to him.

Under the leadership of Zhang Qi, Liu Jin came to the living room of the Zhang family, sat down first and second, and served fragrant tea. Liu Jin also presented a set of the Four Treasures of the Study bought back from the capital, which made Zhang Qi very happy. Happy.

Although he was only a scholar and did not get the honor of juren, he always regarded himself as a literati and liked to deal with literati. Although Liu Jin's gift was not expensive, it was to integrate his mind.

The chat between the guest and the host was very happy, but it is inevitable that they will talk about everything Liu Jin said in the Wangyue Tower. Zhang Qi is also very curious, so Liu Jin also roughly explained it to him again. .

"I didn't expect that the world we live in is so big, and there is such a magical place in the east of the East China Sea. The gold in the Golden Continent doesn't matter. After all, this gold can't be eaten or drunk. What's really useful to our Ming Dynasty is Those three high-yielding crops."

"If these three crops can be introduced back to our Ming Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty will never have to worry about famine from now on."

After listening to Liu Jin's narration, Zhang Qi also pinched his mustache to express his own views, faintly revealing the literati feelings of worrying about the country and the people, and treating money like dung.

"Mr. Zhang's concern for the country and the people is really admirable. I only hope that this year the fleet can arrive at the Golden Continent smoothly and introduce three high-yield crops back to our Daming."

Although I don't know if Zhang Qi is really concerned about the country and the people, and even though Liu Jin has already talked about Huang Jinzhou to the point of vomiting, he still has to continue chatting with the other party.

There is no way, since I am here to visit, it is natural to have a beginning and an end, to complete the play, and not to be anticlimactic.

While chatting with Liu Jin, Zhang Qi observed the young man carefully.

From Zhang Qi's point of view, Liu Jin was very stable, he didn't look like a youthful, energetic young man with conceited talent at all, which made him nod secretly in his heart.

There are too many talented young people, but there are not many who can really grow into a big tree in the end. What the Zhang family needs is that kind of towering tree, because at the level of the Zhang family, there is no big enough big tree. If it is supported by a tree, it will fall easily.

The current Zhang family feels a little out of date. There are no outstanding talents among the younger generation of the Zhang family. Especially in the imperial examination, the young people of the Zhang family are all mediocre. Now there is not even a single person who passed the imperial examination. .

Zhang Qi also looked into his eyes, anxious in his heart.

The Zhang family is known as a scholarly family, and it has always been a family of officials. In each generation, there are more or less children who can pass the exam, and with the support of the Zhang family, they can always make a difference in the officialdom.

Not to mention becoming a high official in the court, at least it is not a problem to become a local important official, so that everything in the Zhang family can be preserved.

Having no successor is the scariest thing.

In fact, the weakness of the Zhang family has already begun to show in Zhang Qi's generation. Zhang Qi, as the head of the family, has not been elected and has no way to become an official. The reason why he can maintain his current influence is mainly due to those people who married the Zhang family.

Looking at Liu Jin in front of him now, he not only has good looks, but also is definitely a potential stock. He is already famous. He was also a famous talent in Changli Academy in the past. The probability of being elected in the autumn this year is very high.

If he went to high school this year and was nominated for a gold list next year, then this Liu Jin would definitely be a star. That's why he came out to greet Liu Jin himself when he heard Liu Jin's visit.

The Liu Jin in front of me has a bright future~
　I'm not feeling well today, so I'll make up for it later~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)